The Weight of False Beliefs

We all have false beliefs and it can be an arduous task to release ourselves from their grip on our lives. False beliefs limit us, holding us back from living freely and from our truest selves. Because we are often unaware of them, they rule our lives like insidious little demons that seek to sabotage us. The good news is we can release them, and when we do, we lighten our load immensely.

So how do we release ourselves from the grip of our false beliefs? First, we set the intention to observe ourselves throughout the day. We become aware of what motivates our actions. Once we witness ourselves in action enough times, we often come to see that there is a core false belief at work that drives our thoughts and emotions, and brings tension and contraction into our bodies. For example, once I brought awareness to the way I approached decisions, I began to notice the underlying motivations that drove them. I could see that I often asked others for their opinions covertly because I didn’t trust my own ability to make decisions that served me. When I saw this occurring repeatedly in my life, I realized that the underlying false belief is that I can’t make good decisions, that I am flawed in decision-making. I then intuited that this was due to a core false belief that I am wrong and incapable of making decisions for myself. Once I had awareness of this core false belief, I saw how it ruled so much of my life. How I interacted with others, how I limited myself because I feared the outcomes of my own decisions. My core false belief was like a silent snake that slithered throughout much of my life keeping me small and contracted.

The work of releasing false beliefs is the work of a lifetime. It is not easy, nor is it effortless, but it is the greatest gift you can give yourself and the people in your life. Each time you release a false belief you invite in more space for your Essence to come forward. It’s an amazing way to honor your humanity and your inner child that often created the beliefs out of necessity early in life. We can offer ourselves compassion for having false beliefs, and in doing so, we also open our hearts to others knowing that creating these beliefs is part of the human condition. Afterall, we are both human and divine and doing the inner work to lighten the load of our human selves, opens the door for more of our divinity to shine through.